diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/slib/Imakefile b/cde/lib/tt/slib/Imakefile
index cd713a2b9..dba66d1d7 100644
--- a/cde/lib/tt/slib/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/slib/Imakefile
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ DEPEND_DEFINES = $(CXXDEPENDINCLUDES) $(DEPENDDEFINES)
 
 #include "../tooltalk.tmpl"
 
-DEFINES = 
+DEFINES = $(TIRPC_DEFINES)
 INCLUDES = $(TIRPCINC) -I. -I../lib
 
+
 SRCS = \
 mp_ce_attrs.C		mp_observer.C		   mp_observer_utils.C  \
 mp_otype.C		mp_otype_utils.C	   mp_ptype.C		\
diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/slib/mp_rpc_server.C b/cde/lib/tt/slib/mp_rpc_server.C
index 37336f65e..1fe1aab29 100644
--- a/cde/lib/tt/slib/mp_rpc_server.C
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/slib/mp_rpc_server.C
@@ -158,9 +158,32 @@ init(void (*service_fn)(struct svc_req *, SVCXPRT *))
 		_tt_syslog(0, LOG_ERR, "setsockopt(SO_SNDBUF): %m");
 	}
 	_transp = svctcp_create(_socket, buffersize, buffersize);
+
 	if (_transp == (SVCXPRT *)0) {
 		return(0);
 	}
+
+#if defined(OPT_TIRPC)
+        /* JET: HACK WARNING 7/1/18
+         *
+         * With earlier versions of RPC and TIRPC it seems that
+         * svctcp_create() calles listen() on the socket (as seen by
+         * debugger and strace).  This is the expected behavior in TT.
+         *
+         * However, with newer systems (ArchLinux 5/18+ and similar
+         * bleeding edge versions of SuSE's equivalent: Tumbleweed),
+         * this behavior seems to have changed.
+         *
+         * ttsession goes into an infinite loop trying to accept() a
+         * connection in the TIRPC library.  It appears listen() is no
+         * longer called on the socket via svctcp_create().  The hack
+         * below, always causes listen() to be called on the socket.
+         * We do not care if it fails, or is called twice on the same
+         * socket.
+         */
+        listen(_socket, 5);
+#endif
+
 	if (   !svc_register(_transp, _program, _version,
 			     (SERVICE_FN_TYPE)service_fn, IPPROTO_TCP)
 	    || !svc_register(_transp, _program, 1,
diff --git a/cde/programs/dtwm/WmResource.c b/cde/programs/dtwm/WmResource.c
index 661bfde04..197ec9111 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtwm/WmResource.c
+++ b/cde/programs/dtwm/WmResource.c
@@ -4316,11 +4316,18 @@ MakeAppearanceResources (WmScreenData *pSD, AppearanceData *pAData, Boolean make
 
     if (! XmeRenderTableGetDefaultFont(pAData->fontList, &(pAData->font)))
     {
-	sprintf((char *)wmGD.tmpBuffer, ((char *)GETMESSAGE(62, 23, "failed to load font: %.100s\0")), (char*) pAData->fontList);
-	Warning((char *)wmGD.tmpBuffer);
+#if 0
+        /* This always prints garbage on failure, which seems to
+         * always happen at least 1-3 times on startup.
+         */
+	sprintf((char *)wmGD.tmpBuffer,
+                ((char *)GETMESSAGE(62, 23, "failed to load font: %.100s\0")), (char*) pAData->fontList);
+#endif
+	Warning("XmeRenderTableGetDefaultFont() failed, trying a fixed font");
+
 #if defined(CSRG_BASED) || defined(__linux__)
-	/* HACK to try get _some_ font anyway (fontList seems to end up as an empty list on
-	 * some modern systems; investigate) */
+	/* HACK to try get _some_ font anyway (fontList seems to end
+	 * up as an empty list on some modern systems; investigate) */
 	pAData->font = XLoadQueryFont(wmGD.display, "fixed");
 	if (pAData->font == NULL)
 	{